delphi as a consensus development technique enables anonymous, systematic refinement of expert opinion with the aim of arriving at a combined or consensual position. in this study, we determined the criteria and their weights for iranian medical schools' ranking through a delphi process. an expert committee devised 13 proposed criteria with 32 indicators with their weights, which were arranged ...

There are many evident that people are more interested in walking in attractive urban spaces and inappropriate physical and psychological condition can reduce their presence in a remarkable amount. The current research investigates the influence of physical design and psychological elements and their criteria on selective physical activity and specifically walking in urban public spaces. Howeve...

background and objectives: the reliability of hospital assessment results depends on the appropriateness of the indicators used. in this study, we systematically review the literature to identify the major indicators of hospital performance evaluation, as employed in performance assessment literature.methods: literature databases including pubmed, scopus, science direct, google scholar, doja, a...

Complex situations of today's life have led to the complexity of urban life issues and not pay attention to the quality of life. Studies in this field are increasingly gaining the attention of urban planners and policymakers due to its usefulness in assessing and monitoring public policies, also they can use as effective tools in urban management and planning. This study investigated the QOL in...

abstract in recent years, the old urban fabrics identification has become a challenging issue in urban planning society in iran. the insufficiency of triple indices which had been introduced by the high council on urban planning and architecture has been criticized by experts several times. in this paper we reconsider the existing urban fabrics identification method and introduce a suitable mod...